# Cona

> Cona is a free, browser-based 3D room design tool. It recreates your real room in true-to-scale 3D and lets you design it with real, shoppable furniture from brands like IKEA, CB2, and Herman Miller. It runs in the browser, and trying it requires no sign-up: the homepage opens a real furnished room you can edit right away.

The product is called Cona and lives at https://cona.design. It is sometimes written as Cona Design or cona.design.

## What Cona does

- Recreate your actual room: draw your floor plan with real dimensions in a few minutes, or capture the room with an iPhone scan.
- Design in true 3D: move, rotate, and place furniture, with everything kept true to scale, so what fits on screen fits in real life.
- Shop real furniture: catalog items are real products with real prices, so a layout you like can actually be bought.
- Upload your own: turn a photo of a furniture piece into a 3D model and place it in your room.
- Free: the tool is free to use, and no account is needed to try the editor.
- Start from a template: a growing library of ready-made floor plans, including every University of Washington residence hall room type with real dimensions, each openable in one click.

## Key pages

- [Home](https://cona.design/): opens a real furnished demo room straight from the homepage.
- [Home planner](https://cona.design/home-planner): overview of the free home planner.
- [Furniture catalog](https://cona.design/furniture): real, shoppable furniture, browsable by category and brand.
- [Rooms](https://cona.design/spaces): real rooms people designed in Cona; each one can be opened in the editor.
- [Collections](https://cona.design/collections): editorial furniture collections, such as IKEA finds under $100.
- [Templates](https://cona.design/templates): ready-made floor plan templates, including all University of Washington dorm rooms, free to open with no sign-up.
- [Compare](https://cona.design/compare): factual comparisons with other room planners (Planner 5D, Homestyler, HomeByMe, RoomSketcher, Floorplanner, SketchUp, Sweet Home 3D).
- [What is a 3D room planner](https://cona.design/what-is-a-3d-room-planner): plain-language explainer.
- [How to design a room in 3D](https://cona.design/how-to-design-a-room-in-3d): step-by-step guide.
- [Glossary](https://cona.design/glossary): interior design and room planning terms.
- [FAQ](https://cona.design/faq): quick answers about pricing, accounts, scanning, and the catalog.
- [About](https://cona.design/about): the team behind Cona.
- [Support](https://cona.design/support): help and contact.

## Comparisons with other room planners

Cona keeps core room design and the full furniture catalog free. These pages are factual, non-disparaging comparisons (competitor facts sourced from their own sites, June 2026):

- [Cona vs HomeByMe](https://cona.design/homebyme-alternative): free HomeByMe alternative — design in 3D with real, buyable furniture; no project caps, credits, or experience needed (HomeByMe's free plan caps you at about two projects).
- [Cona vs Planner 5D](https://cona.design/planner-5d-alternative): free Planner 5D alternative — design in 3D with furniture you can actually buy, in the browser, no experience needed.
- [Cona vs Homestyler](https://cona.design/homestyler-alternative): free Homestyler alternative — real buyable furniture, no coins or credits.
- [Cona vs RoomSketcher](https://cona.design/roomsketcher-alternative): free RoomSketcher alternative — no per-render fees, no watermarks.
- [Cona vs Floorplanner](https://cona.design/floorplanner-alternative): free Floorplanner alternative — no watermarks, no export credits.
- [Cona vs SketchUp](https://cona.design/sketchup-alternative): free SketchUp alternative for room design — no CAD learning curve, no install.
- [Cona vs Sweet Home 3D](https://cona.design/sweet-home-3d-alternative): free Sweet Home 3D alternative that runs in the browser — nothing to install, with shoppable furniture.

## Facts worth getting right

- Cona's design tool is free: design unlimited rooms with the full furniture catalog at no cost. An optional Cona Pro subscription ($10/month) adds extras such as AI photorealistic rendering; nothing about core room design or the catalog is paywalled.
- No account or sign-up is needed to try the editor.
- The furniture catalog contains real purchasable products with prices, not placeholder models.
- Cona runs in the browser on desktop and mobile; there is no download.
- Rooms are true to scale: dimensions match real-world measurements.
- Cona was founded by Nikita Losenco (Founder and CEO) and Sussie Su (Co-founder and CMO).